tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post116720213833859897..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Human sacrifice and other thrill ridesRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1167854971370373132007-01-03T12:09:00.000-08:002007-01-03T12:09:00.000-08:00If people got the point, the analogy made sense an...If people got the point, the analogy made sense and thus worked. So getting the point is central to the issue, not tangential or irrelevant.<BR/><BR/>Re "Catholicism to the Maya religion is NOT what Scientology is to Catholicism": In a broad sense, yes it is. We're talking about a radical shift in paradigms from one belief system to another. Going from the spiritual mysteries of Catholicism to the rational technocracy or social fascism of Scientology is just such a paradigm shift. In terms of philosophical revolutions, it's roughly equivalent to the huge leap between the Maya religion and Catholicism.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1167765736872735822007-01-02T11:22:00.000-08:002007-01-02T11:22:00.000-08:00a·nal·o·gy –noun, plural -gies.1. a similarity bet...a·nal·o·gy –noun, plural -gies.<BR/><BR/>1. a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump.<BR/><BR/>Not all analogies are satires and not all satires are analogies. Mitchell used an analogy--perhaps one with satirical overtones--and it did the job. Did anyone <I>not</I> get the point when Mitchell wrote that Catholicism is to the Maya religion as Scientology is to Catholicism?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1167614712051843552006-12-31T17:25:00.000-08:002006-12-31T17:25:00.000-08:00Again, I'd say it was an analogy, not a satire. W...Again, I'd say it was an analogy, not a satire. Whether Scientology is a genuine religion or not, the point was clear. The analogy worked as it was supposed to.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1167347385379443692006-12-28T15:09:00.000-08:002006-12-28T15:09:00.000-08:00Tim Mitchell wrote the article, not me. I don't k...Tim Mitchell wrote the article, not me. I don't know why he used Scientology, but I think the contrast between Catholicism and Scientology worked well as an analogy.<BR/><BR/>As for why I quoted that part of Tim's article, it was because it made a key point. I'm not clever enough to choose excerpts for their keyword value in Google.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1167227971506741862006-12-27T05:59:00.000-08:002006-12-27T05:59:00.000-08:00Your article reads ok, and makes some good points....Your article reads ok, and makes some good points. But, why did you have to drag my religion, Scientology (a non-theocentric, not Christ-based empirical philosophy), into your tirade against Apocalypto?<BR/><BR/>Was it simply a thirst for keywords?<BR/><BR/>It has NOTHING to do with the issue, and seems a gratuitous slap at something you don't understand.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/>Greg<BR/>Scientologist and proud of it<BR/>http://www.liveandgrow.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com